FBI charges Orange County couple in $60K extortion scheme

MONROE >> The FBI has charged an Orange County couple with extorting $60,000 from a developmentally disabled man through a bizarre scheme involving alcohol, drugs, cross-dressing and fabricated threats of violence by organized crime.

Federal agents on Wednesday arrested 28-year-old John Naudy and his 27-year-old wife, Nicole, at the couple’s home in the town of Monroe.

Authorities said he couple befriended the 26-year-old man two years ago through social media, then began withdrawing funds from his bank account after getting him drunk and injecting him with drugs.

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Officials said the Naudys also got the victim to dress in women’s clothing and convinced him the mafia would kill him and his family if he didn’t give the couple money.